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Show Intermountain Affairs Gleanings from Country Press, ' The contract for a new tithing office at Ephralm win be let as soon as bids can be secured. . The graduating class of the Ephralm public schools has re-elected officers for the next half-year, as follows: President. Grover Greaves; vice-president, Johnny Rasmussen; secretary, Ethel Chris tennen; treasurer, Ivadell Anderson. A Commercial club has been organised at Ephralm. Sanpete county, with the following fol-lowing officers: President, J, P. Hansen; vice-president, Peter Greaves, Jr.; secretary, secre-tary, M. F. Murray; assistant secretary, Adolph Hansen; treasurer, C. J. Fisher. A ten-acre site has been purchased foi a park at Richfield. Ed Van Wegener of Provo has been appointed manager of tne Consolidated Wagon and Machine company ofRlch-fleld, ofRlch-fleld, Utah, succeeding W. F. Aaimua. ... Arrangements are rapidly assuming shape for prosecuting operations in the construction of a big brewery at Welser, Ida., contracts for which have already been let. As soon as the ground has reached proper condition for excavating, which will be within a day or so, work will begin. . A pumping plant Is contemplated for Irrigating Ir-rigating Dead Ox Flat In Idaho, .... The Welser National bank, Welser, Ida.'s, new and third banking institution, is expected to open for business by April L , The work of building the vault, finishing fin-ishing the Interior of its new Quarters and preparations to Install the elegant fixtures fix-tures as soon as they arrive from the Ksst will be btgln within the next few days. The following officers have been elected: President, George M. Water-house; Water-house; vice-president, Fred L. Taylor; cashier. E. M. Shelley. . The above, with G. E. Harrison and E. M. Heigho, constitute con-stitute the board of directors. ... Mr. Mount of the Mount Pickle company com-pany is looking for a suitable location acres of cucumbers to supply his factory at Salt Lake City. The nearness of Lehl to the market gives it an advantage over most places in the State, and the soil has been proven to be well adapted to raising such' products. Good land will yield from ten to fifteen tons per acre, which, at 120 per ton. would make It possible pos-sible for a few acres of land to provide sufficient Income for an entire family. If a fellow fills op with whisky and gees to a dancing party and asks a lady to dance with him and she refuses, and he Insults her, it would be proper for every gentleman In the hall to consider that lady his sister and give the drunken . beast such a sobering down as would last him for a long time to come, says the Fillmore (Utah) Progress-Review. No gentleman will when Intoxicated ask a ludy to dance with him. He Is Just "a thing," and should be shunned by every respectable lady. . . 3. A. Melville, the agent of the proposed pro-posed reservoir and canal at Fillmore. Utah, feels much encouraged, and the prospect Is that the stock will all be subscribed In a short time. Orlando Warner, War-ner, leading fruit-grower at Moab, Em-cry Em-cry county, has sold out his property at I hat place and Is now figuring on taking quite a large block of shares in the oom-reny. oom-reny. One of the leading cattlemen In the county was heard to say that h was going to dispose of his cattle and Irvest In the reservoir proposition, and there are many others who are proposing to nvest large amounts. Rowland Badenoch of Chicago, the owner of the Halley Hot Springs, is organising or-ganising a company to - exploit them. Analyses of the water have demonstrated It to be fully as effective medicinally as that of the Arkansas Hot Springs and ovher famous watering places. Mr. Badenoch Bad-enoch says that thero Is no good reason why Halley should not become as famous as any of them. To that end Mr. Bade-, noch Is orjinlsing his company. Halley (Ida.) Times. A. J. Sullivan says that ' thirty-two Inches of snow fell on Lost river this winter, of which fouiteen inches remains on the ground. Hay is selling at $8 In the stack and feeders between Blackfoot and Arco are paying $11 a ton and shipping TimJV ' -iWlsmi-Hailsjr Uk " ;' ': , 'i |